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To: JohnM who wrote (36761)8/9/2002 9:36:47 PM
From: Ilaine  Respond to of 281500
 
OK, smartie, you're almost right. Swamps in Louisiana do have trees, but not many.

The place where the Mississippi River runs into the Gulf of Mexico is almost nothing but water, everywhere you turn, but also mangroves and jetties and a little tiny bit of higher land, just a foot or two above sea level.

In Texas, and most of the Mississippi Valley, all you can see for miles is flat, flat land, everywhere you turn.

I never even saw a rock of any significance until I was grown up. Never saw snow that was more than just cold white dust until I was 36.



To: JohnM who wrote (36761)8/10/2002 3:43:57 AM
From: Bilow  Respond to of 281500
 
Hi JohnM; (OT) Re the impact of changes in the visual environment.

A fairly extreme case is the Yanomamo indians of Brazil, who can live their whole lives without ever seeing the sky, or any object more than a few dozen yards away. A first trip to the outside world, where machines can carry you at high speeds through a space that seems infinite and empty is said to be incredible.

-- Carl